Hydrocarbon-burner



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V. H. SLINAGK.

HYDROGARBON BURNER.

No. 579,657. Patented Mar. 30, 189'?.

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VICTOR H. SLINAOK, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO THE PENNSYLVANIA GLOBE GAS LIGHT COMPANY, OF PENNSYLVANIA.

HYDROCARBON-BURN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 579,657, dated March 30, 1`897.

Application filed April 17, 1896.

To LZZ whom t may concern,.-

Be it known that I, VICTOR H. SLINACK, of the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented an Improve- 5 ment in Incandescent Hydrocarbon-Burners,

of which the following is a specification.

My invention has reference to incandescent hydrocarboneburners; and it consist-s of certain improvements, all of which are fully set 1 o forth in the following specification and shown in the accompanying drawings, which form a part thereof.

The object of my invention is to provide a construction of vapor-burner suitable for ren- 15 dering incandescent a mantle of refractory l material, and with special object of dispensing with an auxiliary burner requirin ga regulating-valve and employing in lieu thereof auxiliary burners adjacent to the main burner 2o for burning a portion of the vapor generated and admixed with air for the main burner. The auxiliary llames thus produced maintain the heat of the generator and sustain the operativeness of the burner even if the main 2 5 flame should accidentally become extinguished. They further heat the air rising to the outside of the mantle to make combustion in contact with the mantle more intense and thereby heighten its luminosity.

My invention will be better understood by reference to the accompanying drawings, in Which- Figure l is a sectional elevation of a vaporburner embodying my improvements. Fig.

3 5 2 is an elevation of the generator portion thereof with a part in section, taken on line w w of Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation of the generator proper on line :I: of Fig. 1, and Fig. 4 is a cross-section of same on line 4o y y of Fig. l;

A is the generator-head and is cast integral with a tubular burner-head B, the two parts being connected by uprights b b. A closed passage-way B' connects the parts A B and is 45 formed of a short section of tube. The perforated or gauze burner-cap p is arranged over the head B and is provided with a central button to spread the llame.

O is the mantle of refractory material of 5o open characteristics and is sustained over the Serial No. 587,917. (No model.)

burner by the support P or in any other suitable manner.

O is a mixing-tube and extends down from the head A and terminates a short distance above the vapor-nozzle G. The head A is formed of two parallel disks inclosed by an annular case L, so as to form a compartment j M. The upper disk of the head A is provided with apertures J, in which is placed wiregauze burner-screens K. The lower walls I of the burner-head B receive the flame from these auxiliary burners K K.

One of the uprights b is formed with parallel lines D D, opening downward and communicating at their tops by a horizontal flue 6 5 d. (See Fig. 2.) The hydrocarbon-fluid-supply pipeE connects with the llue D, while angle-pipe F of the vaporvalve G connects with the flue D. The vapor escapes from the valve Gby the needle-aperture f, directly under the mixing-tube O, and in rising draws in air from the bottom of the casing H, which surrounds the valve and mixing-tube. The jet may be examined by sight-holes h, which may also supply air to the burner. 7 5- The operation will now be understood. Oil is supplied by pipe E, and in passing through the retort-lines D d D it becomes vaporized, and following the course of the arrows escapes by the nozzle f with considerable force. The rising vapor sucks in the necessary quantity of air to make a good combustible vapor. This is thoroughly mixed in the tube C and enters the chamber M in the head A. The main portion of this vapor and air passes upward through passageway B into burnerhead B and is burned at the burnerjnrendering incandescent the mantle O. A portion of the vapor and air in the chamber M escapes through the auxiliary burners K K and is burned under the base of the burnerhead B, and thereby keeps said casting and the part b containing the flues D d D' in a highly-heated condition. These auxiliary burners perform a twofold function, namely, to heat the adjacent castings for the purpose. of vaporizing the oil and to .heat the air rising to the main burner p, thus greatly assisting in maintaining a high degree of incandescence. By this construction all trouble IOO from the extinguishmeut of the main burner is averted, because if from any cause the main burner should go out the heating of the generator portion still continues and also relights the main burner, and vice versa. In practice, the head B being in a constantlyheated condition from the main llame, it is only necessary to employ small burners K. I would further add that in starting up my apparatus the use of the burners K K enables the generator to be more quickly brought to the proper temperature and maintained there than burners relying only upon the main burner as the source of heat.

The details may be modified without departing from the principle of my invention. Hence I do not confine myself to the exact construction shown.

lVhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. In a vapor-burner, the combination in a burner of a burner-head, a mixing-tube, an enlarged vapor-chamber interposed between the burner-head and the mixing-tube in direct alinement therewith, a vapor-nozzle below the mixing-tube, a generator connecting with the nozzle and extending up close tothe burner-head and above the vapor-chamber, and one or more auxiliary burners opening out of the vapor-chamber upward and toward the burner-head.

2. In a vapor-burner, the combination of a burner comprising a vaporchamber interposed between a burner-head and a mixingtube, a vapor-nozzle below the mixing-tube, a generator connecting with the nozzle and extending up close to the burner-head, one 0r more auxiliary burners opening out of the vapor-chamber below the burner-head and close to the generator, and a re movable case or band for the vapor-chamber.

3. In a vapor-burner, the combination of a burner comprising an enlarged vapor-chamber interposed between and in straight alineinent with a burner-head and a mixing-tube, a vapor-nozzle below the mixing-tube, a generator connecting with the nozzle and extending up close to the burner-head and to one side ot the vapor-chamber, one or more auxiliary burners opening out of the vapor-chamber below the burner-head to heat the air passing outside the same and a burner-cap sui-mounting the burner-head.

4. In a vapor-burner, the combination of the generator-head consisting of a casting having two disks A connected by a vaporgenerator part having lines D (l D, a case L to surround the generator-head and form the gas-chamber M, a burner-head B openinginto the gas-chamber M and connectingtherewith 6o by a contracted tubular neck I3', one or more auxiliary burners K opening from the chamber M below the head B, a Vapor-nozzle arranged below the generator-head A and connecting with the vapor-generator, and a mixing-tube C extending down from the generator-head toward the vapor-nozzle.

5. In a vapor-burner the combination of a generator-head having at the top an annular upright main-burner rim and at the bottom two disks or Ilanges forming between them a vapor-chamber, a removable case surrounding and inclosing the two disks or ilanges of the generator-head to make a tight vaporchamber, two auxiliaryburners opening from the upper disk at a point below the main burner, a central tube of smaller diameter than the gas-chamber for connecting it with the n1ain-burner head, and means to supply vapor and air to the Vapor-chamber.

G. In a vapor-burner, the combination of a main burner, a mixing-tube below the b urncr, a vapor-chamber of larger diameter than the mixing-tube interposed between it and the main burner and provided on its upper part with one or more auxiliary burners for supplying a flame upward toward the main burner, the said vapor-chamber being in direct alinement with the burner and mixingtube, a generator extending upward intermediate of the gas-chamber and main burner and adapted to be heated by the auxiliary burner, and a vapor-nozzle connecting with the generator and directed upward from below the mixing-tube.

7. The herein-described means for producing light which consists of a generator for vaporizing a fluid hydrocarbon by heat, means for mixing the vapor while heated with air, fines for dividing the mixed air and vapor unequally whereby the larger portion of the vapor may be burned at the main burner in direct contact with a refractory incandescin g substance and the smaller portion of the vapor burned to heat and vaporize the fluid hydrocarbon and also heat the air surrounding the burner, and means for supplying the heated air to the outside of the main burner and refractory incandesein g substance simultaneously with the excess ot vapor upon the inside thereof.

In testimony of which invention I have hereunto set my hand.

VICTOR Il. SLI NACK.

lVitnesses:

R. M. HUNTER, R. M. KELLY.

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